Elevators17 terms
Also called: elevator intercom, lift phone, elevator emergency phone, diyafon
The talk unit that lets a person trapped in a lift speak to the outside world or to the machine room. On site the word is often used for the whole emergency communication device as well.
Also called: remote alarm system
A system that sets up two-way voice communication between a person trapped in the car and a permanently staffed rescue service. It is required by the lift standards in force; EN 81-28 sets out its requirements.
Also called: GSM lift intercom, asansör GSM modülü
A lift communication device that places the emergency call over the mobile network (2G, 4G) instead of a landline. It runs on a SIM card, so no phone line has to be run to the building.
The button a person in the car presses to start an emergency call. On its own it only raises an alert; for the call to reach someone and for two-way speech, it has to be connected to an emergency communication device.
Also called: alarm LEDs
Lights that show the person in the car the status of the alarm call. EN 81-28 requires that the person is told the call has been received, and EN 81-70 requires this to be shown visually as well. On Aselfon M8 the yellow indicator shows that a call is in progress and the green one that the conversation has started.
Also called: interkom
A system for voice communication between points in a building. In a lift it lets the maintenance team talk between the machine room, the inside of the car, the car roof and the pit.
Also called: car top, kabin üstü
The top of the lift car; one of the places where the technician works during maintenance and inspection. In an Aselfon M8 system a separate intercom unit is fitted on the car roof.
Also called: lift pit, kuyu dibi
The part of the lift shaft below the lowest landing; the buffers are located here and the technician works here during maintenance. In an Aselfon M8 system a separate intercom unit is fitted in the pit.
Also called: makina dairesi
The room that houses the lift's drive machine and control panel. In machine-room-less lifts this equipment sits inside the shaft. The orange intercom of Aselfon M8 Plus is fitted in the machine room.
Also called: lift controller, kumanda panosu
The electrical panel that runs the lift's movement, doors and safety circuits. Aselfon M8 takes the door, floor and out-of-service signals, and power-cut information, from this panel.
Also called: TS EN 81-20
The standard that sets safety rules for the construction and installation of passenger and goods-passenger lifts. It replaced EN 81-1 and EN 81-2, and has been the basis for new lifts in Europe since 1 September 2017.
Also called: TS EN 81-28
The standard for remote alarms on lifts. It requires two-way voice communication between the person in the car and a rescue service, confirmation that the call was received, regular self-testing of the connection and continued operation for a time during a power cut.
Also called: TS EN 81-70
The standard setting accessibility rules so that lifts can be used safely by everyone, including people with disabilities: car and door sizes, buttons and Braille marking, audio-visual information and the alarm.
Also called: lift inspection, periyodik kontrol
In Türkiye, the safety inspection a lift must undergo at least once a year, carried out by an authorised type A inspection body that has a protocol with the local authority. The result is shown by a coloured label fixed to the lift.
Also called: green label, blue label, yellow label, red label
The labels showing the result of the periodic inspection: green means no defects, blue minor defects, yellow defective and red unsafe. A lift with a red label must not be used.
Also called: maintenance form
The record of the lift maintenance carried out at least once a month. One copy goes to the person responsible for the building and one to the service company.
Also called: asansör kütüğü
The record in which part replacements and accidents for a lift are entered. Together with the maintenance reports, it is one of the first documents checked at the periodic inspection.
Communication and networks7 terms
The second-generation mobile network. No official shutdown date has been announced in Türkiye yet; the operators' 2G, 3G and 4.5G licences expire on 30 April 2029.
Also called: 4.5G
The fourth-generation mobile network. Aselfon M8 uses 4G as its primary connection.
Also called: automatic network fallback
A device that supports more than one network technology and can switch to another when one becomes unavailable. For example, a device using 4G as primary and 2G as backup falls back to 2G when 4G weakens inside the shaft.
Also called: analogue line
The classic telephone line that reaches a building by cable. Older lift phones work over it; devices that use the mobile network do not need a landline.
Also called: nano SIM
The subscriber card that lets a device connect to the mobile network. Nano SIM is the smallest of the standard SIM sizes.
The 15-digit identity number given to every device that connects to a mobile network. The IMEI of an Aselfon M8 is printed on its main board.
Vehicle tracking and fleets9 terms
A system made up of a device fitted to the vehicle, the mobile network that carries the data and the platform that displays it. The device works out its position from satellites and sends it to the platform at regular intervals.
Collecting location and operating data from a vehicle and sending it over the mobile network to a remote platform; the combination of telecommunications and informatics.
Monitoring and managing an organisation's vehicles in one place, together with their location, usage, fuel and driver data.
Also called: CAN bus
The data bus over which a vehicle's electronic control units talk to each other. When a tracking device is connected to it, it reads data such as fuel from the vehicle itself; from GPS data alone, fuel consumption can only be estimated.
Also called: OBD-II, OBD 2
The standard diagnostic port in vehicles. Trackers plugged into it are easy to install but also easy to remove; in a permanent installation the device is wired into the vehicle's electrical system.
Also called: zone definition
An area drawn on the map that triggers an alarm when a vehicle enters or leaves it.
The time a vehicle spends stationary with the ignition on. It burns fuel and adds engine hours; in most fleets it is the metric that saves the most.
A score calculated from events such as harsh braking, sudden acceleration and speeding relative to distance travelled. The trend for the same driver over time matters more than the absolute value.
Location data produced by a vehicle tracking system is personal data under Türkiye's data protection law (KVKK), because it can be linked to the person driving. Tracking is not prohibited, but the purpose must be defined and employees must be informed.
Engineering and ALM9 terms
Managing all of a product's work items, from requirements and design to code and tests, together with the links between them, in a single system.
Also called: Siemens Polarion
Siemens' application lifecycle management software; it keeps requirement, test and change records in a single database. Aselsis provides installation, configuration, integration, training and extension development services for Polarion; it does not sell licences.
Writing down what a system is expected to do, approving it, tracking changes to it and linking it to design and tests.
Two-way links between every work item, from requirements to design and from code to tests. It lets you show the answer to "which test verified this requirement?".
The VDA's process assessment model for the software and system development processes of automotive suppliers. It rates process capability on six levels from 0 to 5.
The standard for the functional safety of electrical and electronic systems in series-production road vehicles (excluding mopeds). The current edition dates from 2018.
Also called: firmware
Software that runs on the processor of an electronic board and controls the device itself. At Aselsis, the same team designs the circuit and writes the embedded software.
Connecting machines, sensors and software in production so that data is collected in real time and decisions are made on that data.
Also called: image processing
Processing camera images on a production line with software to detect defects and take measurements. Every product is checked against the same criteria and the result is recorded.
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